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European Review of Agricultural Economics 2008 35(3):331-355; doi:10.1093/erae/jbn014
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This article appears in the following European Review of Agriculture Economics issue: Special Issue: Plenary Papers of the XIIth EAAE Congress, Ghent, 2008; Theme: People, Food and Environments: Global Trends and European Strategies [View the issue table of contents]

Biotechnology and the development of food markets: retrospect and prospects

GianCarlo Moschini

Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Corresponding author: GianCarlo Moschini, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1070, USA. E-mail: moschini{at}iastate.edu

Received April 2008; Biotechnology has had an important impact on the agricultural and food industries over the last 12 years by way of fast and extensive adoption of a few genetically modified (GM) crops. This has produced large efficiency gains, including higher yields and reduced costs of weed and pest control, as well as some environmental benefits. The expected development of crops with additional agronomic traits, and with output traits to improve the nutrition and health attributes of food products, holds the potential for even more pervasive impacts. Full realisation of such promises may require overcoming the constraining effects of restrictive GM product regulations.

Keywords: biotechnology, genetically modified products, innovation, regulation, research and development

JEL classification: Q16, Q18, O33, L51


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